我有一张像下面这样的桌子(一块);
| Sl | NUMBER | Name |
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| 7  | 00007  | Name |
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| 8  | 00008  | Name |
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| 9  | 00009  | Name |
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| 10 | 00010  | Name |
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| 11 | 00011  | Name |
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| 12 | 00012  | Name |
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| 13 | 00013  | Name |
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我有这样的mysql语句;
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","password");
if (!$con){
  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("dbname", $con);
$query = 'SELECT MAX(NUMBER) FROM tablename';//varchar 15 entry
$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
    $maxnumber = $row['MAX(NUMBER)'];
}
echo $maxnumber;
但它返回 9 而不是 13。为什么?